087 – Lots of fun during exam period! # 4

087 – Lots of fun during exam period! # 4

“A code of conduct? what is this.”

It was a strange item.

There was a lot of writing on what to do and what not to do, but it was difficult to understand.

Cecily, who had been looking at the letters with me, said,

“There is no number 6!”

“yes? That’s what I see.”

“What the hell is this?”

Cecily said as if she didn’t understand.

However, this piece of paper was originally given to an old man by a thief who committed suicide.

There was nothing surprising about the odd writing.

I didn’t expect much in the first place.

Shuk-.

Then Cecily turned her head left and right.

When I asked, “What are you doing?” Cecily said,

“You are told to wear a pass. Even though the building is closed, it is your duty as a noble to follow the rules and etiquette. Where is the pass?”

“I see.”

I went back to the entrance with Cecily.

If you look at the entry here, it says I put a pass near the entrance on the 1st floor.

However, I soon discovered something surprising.

2F.

The floor we were on was the second floor.

“what. Wasn’t it on the first floor?”

Since we entered through the entrance, it is natural to assume that we are on the first floor.

By the way, the place where we were was on the second floor.

Soon Cecily asked, trembling.

“It says that the entrance only exists on the first floor, right? But did we enter through the open entrance on the second floor? How is this possible?”

“I don’t know. Where did the entrance we came from in the first place go?”

Looking around, the entrance we entered had disappeared before we knew it, leaving only a concrete wall with peeling paint in front of us.

It’s amazing.

We tried to go down to the first floor through the nearby stairs, but the stairs were blocked by broken desks, chairs, and garbage, so we couldn’t go to the first floor.

“Who blocked the stairs like this?”

Cecily asked.

Looking at the clogged stairs, I thought about it and said lightly.

“Something must have prevented it from coming down. Or prevent it from going up. I don’t know what it is, but something strange must have happened in this lab.”

“That’s what you see… ! The lights are on in the lift!”

Cecily pointed her hand at the elevator next to the stairs.

The elevator was flickering-lighting, but it seemed that something like a generator was still operating in the lab.

Beep-.

When the button was pressed, the sounds of mechanical devices moving resounded loudly throughout the building.

Soon the elevator from downstairs stopped in front of us and opened the door like a giant’s mouth.

Although the inside was rusty, it was cleaner than expected.

“Good.”

I boarded the elevator with Cecily.

However, most of the buttons inside were smashed, so there was only 3 layers to press.

“I should probably go up.”

Beep-.

I pressed the button and the elevator doors closed.

And slowly, with a feeling of being crushed, the elevator headed upstairs.

3F-.

have you arrived

While thinking that, the elevator went up to the 4th floor without stopping.

A 4th floor that couldn’t exist.

The door opens with a beep.

“… … .”

What I could see beyond the door was a hallway immersed in pitch-black darkness.

It was around one o’clock in the afternoon when Cecily and I entered this strange laboratory.

The darkness in this hallway now must have been around 1:00 in the morning.

It’s the best time for thieves to be active.

“Oh, it’s all black!”

Cecily hid behind me and trembled, perhaps frightened by the darkness. The guy who used to purr everywhere like a cat with bristly fur is so downhearted.

Also, a child is a child.

“Close button! Hurry up and hit the close button!”

Cecily was almost half mad and screaming wildly, so I had no choice but to press the close button.

Quick-.

But my brute force was so strong that I smashed the close button on the elevator.

“hehehehe… ! The door won’t close… !”

Cecily almost went mad, as if fear had filled her heart.

Of course I was scared too.

“… Aren’t you going to ask me to ask you this?”

When I thought I might be fined, I was so scared I couldn’t calm down.

I mean, I feel like I’m going to use a dump.

“Hmm.”

anyway.

Now that it’s like this, I have two options.

Should I just stay in this elevator or go outside?

Of course, my choice was to leave the elevator and head for the hallway on the fourth floor.

Shuk-.

I moved towards the darkness that seemed to stick to me.

Cecily then grabbed my pants and tugged, probably not wanting to get out of the light-emitting elevator.

“Go, I mean you shouldn’t go… !”

“No, I have to go. What flute are you looking for? You need it to find your mom and dad.”

“… that’s the case.”

Cecily shuddered.

Soon after, Cecily looked at the flickering lights of the elevator and the dark hallway on the 4th floor, crying.

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Just as I was worried that I might pee in my pants, he took a big step into the darkness, as if he had finally made up his mind.

only four

“woah!”

“hehehehe… !”

Cecily’s hair stood on end.

He jumped very high, like a cat who was eating his food and looked back and saw a cucumber near him.

It’s about to touch the ceiling. It jumps really high.

Your jumping ability is great.

Cecily, who landed on the floor soon after, was furious with me.

“Fuck… ! What are you doing right now… ! I was surprised… !”

“Hi-Hi.”

Because teasing kids is more fun than you think.

However, Cecily seemed to have lost her fear a little, perhaps because she had been angry for so long.

“If you play that prank one more time, I will bite your finger!”

“It is very scary.”

Shuk-.

As Cecily took a breather to calm herself, I rummaged through the pocket of my trousers and took out the lantern.

「Lantern of Karon, God of Death」.

It was a really nice lantern.

On a dark night, it was an object that would illuminate up to 100 meters away.

It is solar powered.

The downside is that the size is so large that it is inconvenient to carry around.

Seeing the large lantern, Cecily was surprised.

“How did you get that big lantern out of your trouser pocket? What is it? How did you get something like that in your pants?”

is it amazing

Everyone was surprised when they first saw my cerebral level C skill, “Gura Bag”.

The effect is similar to the inventory in the game, but it was a bit complicated to explain.

More importantly, the scenery of this hallway reflected through the light of the lantern is quite eerie.

There were bloodstains all over the place, as if they had been scuffed with fingers.

Incomprehensible letters were written indiscriminately, and the floor was overflowing with garbage.

“Oh, the clock has stopped! I said there are no clocks in this facility!”

At the place Cecily was pointing to, there were a bunch of clocks hanging like hexagons in a honeycomb. All were clocked at 4:04, 4 seconds.

“There’s also a mirror over there… ! A lot of mirrors… !”

“It’s strange.”

There are a lot of mirrors and watches that shouldn’t exist. Strange.

I feel like I know a little bit why everyone is reluctant to step out.

Follow rureureung-.

Then I heard a sound like a phone ringing somewhere.

Is it the end of the hallway?

Rurrureurreung-.

keeps ringing

I was very concerned.

I’m a moth stinger if I don’t answer before it rings three or more times.

“Let’s go to where the sound comes from.”

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Jeobuck, Jeobuck-.

As I headed towards the end of the hallway, something resembling a black shadow appeared at the end of that hallway.

What is it?

At that thought, Cecily quickly hid behind me and shouted,

“It looks like an ear, a ghost has appeared… ! hehehehe… !”

ghost?

Are you a real ghost?

I shone my lantern into the darkness.

Then I saw a white face floating around.

She also showed off her big chest and well-toned abs.

“Is it Garot?”

“Judah.”

The guy was Garot.

Why does Garot appear in front of me?

I asked.

“Prove that you are the real Garot. What color is the underwear you are wearing today?”

“Judas, there is no time for fooling around.”

Chet-.

I’m sure you are

I asked to soothe my regret.

“Garot, why are you out there? What is it?”

When I felt my doubts, Garot frowned as if he was dazzled by the lantern light. Then he came to me and spoke in a low voice.

“Juda, a day has passed since you and Cecily went missing. I heard the testimony that you were seen around here, so I went in, but what were you doing in a place like this?”

missing?

One day?

It was a strange story.

Garot said as I tilted my head in doubt.

“It’s pretty good. Now let’s get out of here slowly. Something is twisted and distorted about this place. It is also full of monsters and demons filled with hatred. It is a dangerous place.”

“yes? Are there evil spirits?”

“Yes, I have never seen a place so full of evil spirits, even on a battlefield. By any chance, Judas, have you not met demons?”

Garot asked me.

I was just curious because I had never seen anything particularly demonic.

Then, after thinking for a while with his arms crossed, Garot said.

“It seems that the evil spirits are avoiding Judas. After meeting you, the screams and whispers that I had been hearing just now disappeared.”

“Well, it’s worth it. Anyway, we need to hold off on getting out of here. Cecily has something she’s looking for. Let’s go find it quickly. There’s a good chance there’s a demon somewhere in here?”

“… Devil?”

Garrot’s eyes changed at the name of the devil.

Then he asked me.

“Judas, before you came here, did you have a piece of paper with a rule or a code written on it? If you have it, it might help you find the demon hiding.”

“paper? Yes.”

I handed out the paper to Garot.

Then Garot frowned.

“… What is this?”

“What is it? It’s a piece of paper with the code written on it.”

“no.”

Garot held out the paper to me again.

There it was written:

“die.

4. Dying

4. Die.

4. Die.

4. Die.

4. Die.

4. Die.

4. Die.

4. Die.

4. Die.

4. Die, die, die—”

Was it like this originally?

It wasn’t.

To write so many curses to die suddenly like this.

I don’t know who did it, but I felt bad.

To think we were missing for a day in the first place.

… You mean you can’t eat Brigitte’s sweet and sour pork for dinner tonight!

I was really looking forward to it, but the anger rose up and I can’t control it!

“It was a bit fun because it felt like I was entering a haunted house. Now that this has happened, I will go from the beginning to my heart’s content. I don’t want to show it to anyone.”

Shuk-.

I got down on my knees

As I reached out to see my shadow on the floor, Garot asked curiously, “What are you doing?”

Instead of answering, I murmured.

“Sing. for me.”

light self-suggestion.

Soon my shadow rose up like a living person.

It was in the shape of a giant holding a huge hammer.

* * *

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Judas did not return.

24 hours after disappearing with Cecily.

At the place where he last appeared, Garot was able to roughly know his whereabouts.

「The Phrygian Psychiatric Institute」.

It was an ominous building that stopped Garot from walking.

As I entered, I heard all sorts of screams and cries.

If I was a normal person, I wouldn’t have been able to keep my sane.

However, Garot was rather calm.

A place like this gave Garot a sense of calm rather than a party where people laughed and chatted.

Even from such a perspective, the 4th floor was quite a terrible space.

The 4th floor where demons roam.

How many times did the terrifying evil spirits appear and disappear in the corridors and in each room?

At the end of the hallway, there was a nightmare that made Garot’s mind agitated, and he met Judas when he reached the end of the hallway by taking care of his steps to turn around.

“I have to show my sincerity.”

After saying that, Judas raised a shadow.

A two meter tall shadow holding a very large hammer.

A faceless, shapeless ominous thing struck the walls of the fourth floor.

Wow!

clattering-.

The walls of the fourth floor were smashed into pieces like hardened mud collapsing.

Controlling a shadow with physical power.

‘Shadow Servant?’

40 levels.

There were rumors that thieves beyond that level would be able to handle their own shadows.

I hadn’t seen it myself, but I thought this might be of a similar kind.

However, Garot’s sharp senses were able to notice that what he was seeing was somewhat different from the rumored technology.

‘a little bit different. It’s not just a shadow. It’s not that simple of a technology. It’s just an estimate, but… .’

Whoops, whoops-!

A shadow advancing while wielding a huge hammer.

The corridor on the 4th floor collapsed, punching a hole and smashing it.

Go oh oh-.

The building itself shook.

It sounded like a cry of pain.

-Mi, you’re crazy!

-Run away!!!

ㅡ I don’t like it… !!!

– Guaaa… !!!

Screams and laments continued to spread along with the impact of the hammer.

“Destroying the building itself, which is inhabited by evil spirits. What an ignorant way.”

Garot lightly stuck out his tongue.

Then Judas said as if it were natural.

“Overwhelming violence seems to solve most things. Did my grandfather tell me about the demolition of the abandoned hospital that was said to be haunted?”

“No, it’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“My grandfather had some stars on his shoulders. The soldiers put shovels and sledgehammers in their hands and rushed into the hospital. Everyone is very motivated to give them a reward vacation—”

Quick-.

Swoouuu-.

At that time, light seeped from the wall that the hammer of shadow had broken.

dazzling light.

Garrot instinctively sensed that there was something strange beyond the wall.

Boom, kwaaang-!

The hammer widened the hole in the wall, revealing a large space within.

Pillars and full of torches reminded me of something.

“… altar?”

Garrot entered the space and looked around.

stone walls and pillars.

Idols made of bone of unknown animal were adorning all sides, and this sight was familiar to Garot.

“It is the mark of the devil or devil worshipers. It seems certain that there are demons around here.”

clap-.

Garrot quickly loaded the crossbow in his hand.

It was only natural to be vigilant because you never knew when and where something would pop out.

It was then.

Cecily’s eyes, which had been trembling with fear until just now, widened enormously.

center of the altar.

It was because he found something on top of a square, rectangular podium.

“there! That’s it! That Cecily was looking for! It’s over there!”

Do-do-do, and Cecily ran out.

Soon after, Cecily lifted the strange flute in her small palm.

Garrot was slightly shocked by the familiar shape.

“That flute… .”

pat-.

Then, something that came out of the darkness snatched the flute whole along with Cecily.

Flutter, flutter -.

A loud beating of wings was heard.

When Garot came to his senses, he saw someone standing at the altar where the flute had been placed.

It was a man with long black hair, four pairs of wings and two horns.

“Magical Duke… !”

Garot did not hold back his anger toward the existence he had never forgotten even in his dreams.

But the anger soon turned into shock, leaving him speechless.

“Dina?”

Magic Duke Astaroth.

It was a demon with the same wings and horns as the enemy I had never forgotten.

Her face resembled that of her sister Dinah, whom she had dreamed of.

“Dina? Who is it? I am one of the three pillars of Pandaemonium. Astarosa, the witch of obsession. And you guys are about to become corpses!”